Buying Advice About to bite the bullet on a CK2610hst

[tree farmer]

Congrats, you got a great deal. I know this may be a little to late, but I think you should upgrade the box blade to either a 66 or 72 inch to cover your wheel tracks. Makes grading and spreading material much easier and cleaner....Dan.

 

[UpstateSC_Papi]

LSmt125,
Yes I decided to pull the trigger yesterday, dealer is prepping everything now, they had to order the 3rd function kit and the grapple, fill tires, etc.. before its ready for pickup. I hope to be able to pick it up next week!

Grateful11,
I'm actually buying out of state in SC, the sales rep is a friend of a family member so I think he is doing his best to treat me right on the whole package deal. Also SC is not required to collect sales tax so I'm saving quite a bit there as well!

SC Dealer in Westminster, SC? Maybe a haul for you, so possibly closer to Greenville?

 

[NYCheese]

Congrats, you got a great deal. I know this may be a little to late, but I think you should upgrade the box blade to either a 66 or 72 inch to cover your wheel tracks. Makes grading and spreading material much easier and cleaner....Dan.

I know it depends a lot on soil conditions, but my dealer talked me down to the 60" box blade for my 3510se. I'm glad he did. I'm in upstate NY, where the ground is hilly, and probably 40% rock. I lose traction easily if I have the rippers set more than 1 notch down. I imagine the ground is much softer in NC, so a 66" would probably be fine, but I'd hesitate to go 72 on this size/weight tractor.

 

[carolinarider]

LSmt125,

Grateful11,
I'm actually buying out of state in SC, the sales rep is a friend of a family member so I think he is doing his best to treat me right on the whole package deal. Also SC is not required to collect sales tax so I'm saving quite a bit there as well!

Just curious, I found a Massey Ferugson dealer in Mcconnells, SC that also sells the Kioti brand. I dropped by their place on Thursday to pick up a water pump for m 1998 1250. I was impressed by the looks of the tractor. Have not done any research. Just saw them for the first time on Thursday.

This dealer seemed to be pretty reputable and answered all my questions. One thing I did find interesting (although it may not be unusual) is that he only works on diesel powered tractors. No gasoline allowed.

 

[Gto5288]

Well, I was unexpectedly called out on a business trip for several weeks and picking up the new tractor was delayed, but finally brought it home today. Already have a couple of hours on it and could not be more pleased so far.

 

[mpham]

Very nice!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Nice tractor! Congrats! That grapple is big! Go get some dirt on it now, and enjoy your new toy.... I mean TOOL ! :thumbsup::cool2::drink:

 

[Gto5288]

LSmt125,
The grapple does look really big in that picture, I think it's just the angle, its 54in wide and weighs under 300lb; seems to be a good size/weight for 2610. Mostly did grapple work for these first couple of hours, we had quite few brush piles around the property that I consolidated into a nice bonfire pile!

 

[wassup8687]

Well, I was unexpectedly called out on a business trip for several weeks and picking up the new tractor was delayed, but finally brought it home today. Already have a couple of hours on it and could not be more pleased so far.
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Tractor looks great. Do you know if your 3rd function is a Kioti brand? I was talking to my dealer and he can order a 3rd function right from Kioti for my 2610.

If it is, any chance you could take a close up picture of the handle?

Thanks

 

[Gto5288]

Wassup,
The dealer just used the WR Long kit since that is what they normally use, I honestly didn't even ask about the Kioti factory kit that recently became available. The loader handle just has the generic WR Long thumb toggle switch.